Beatriz Milhazes: Class Analysis

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I am very glad that I took this class; it reminded me of the past, and present my country. Brazil is so much like my country that I can only imagine what the Brazilian are feeling and thinking. The only different is that the Pope has not visited Liberia. Liberia has never been a host to the Olympics and there is not as much killings as it is in Brazil.
This week was mostly about Brazil, the Olympics, and one of Brazil brilliant artists, Beatriz Milhazes. I love her style of painting and her uses of nature as her inspiration to her work.
Just like most of the artists, we learned about in this class, Vik, Carlos and the Os Gemeos, few things we have seen in this class are about the poverty, violence crimes and killings in the Brazil. With all

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